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NFL Weekly
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 26, 07
Yup… that’s right… the Packers practically tied up the North Central division on Turkey Day… you knew it was going to happen.
Favre is making his last (at least we think) run one of the best in his career…
This week, they face the Cowboys on Thursday… two 10-1 teams battling in the NFC… It’s going to be a tough game, but I think we can take them!
Clip of the week:
Two New TV Shows
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 26, 07
So two new TV shows (that are casting) have sparked my interest… and for those who know me, know that I only watch The Office, The Real World (yeah, its a vice), and the NFL…
(a Honda Ruby Goldberg commercial to give you an idea)
Super Rubes (Discovery Channel)
Hell yeah…
Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 22, 07
The time has come…
I’m up and running with Leopard…
So far so good, the one problem is application support. Seems as though only 50% of the apps work “somewhat” on Leopard, 10% work fully, and 40% don’t even work…
Remember Kids, Always Lock Your Laptop
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 20, 07
Windows Key + L
Or for the geeky (for scripts, exes, etc)
%windir%system32 undll32.exe user32.dll LockWorkStation
BeamBot Suicide
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 18, 07
The story begins this evening when I was waiting for dinner and got a little bored… I decided to put together this BugBrain kit I’ve had for 2 years… so I started soldering… and I was doing a fine job.
Went through and completed the soldering to hear a clank on the floor (and I swear a faint scream)… and trimet, the little bugger I built yesterday had collected JUST enough energy to throw himself over my desk edge…
A sad day in robot history. He was a good bot, a young bot, a brave bot… Some say he gave children (or just me) joy for many years (or maybe one day)… I say he led a full life, one of great honor and dignity… Goodbye trimet, goodbye…
R.I.P. Trimet
:: tips a 40oz ::
Friday Robot Treat
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 16, 07
Headed over to Radioshack for a few tools and parts to make some robots… it’s a secret passion of mine and I wanted to spend a little cash (less than $50 actually) to get some tools and put together some robots I have had laying around…
Then I saw this little guy, a Hex Bug…
He’s pretty neat! For $10 he walks along, has feelers that are bump sensors, and has a sound sensor on his rear that he reacts to… That’s a pretty powerful package for $10! Couldn’t resist…
So I got all of the tools that I needed and headed back home and built this:
This is a trimet (from Make Magazine Volume 6) that is powered by a solar engine… Kinda cool. Took me about 45 minutes to fit everything together and make it nice and neat… The bugger really takes off in direct Texas sun! That’s for sure!
Yeah… my little treat for myself on a Friday!
Xbox Live 5th Anniversary
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 13, 07
It’s been 5 years since I beta tested for Xbox Live… and now I hear Microsoft is giving away some stuff and releasing the fall update, where you can download and play Xbox (1) titles!…
nice!
IronRuby Hotness
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 11, 07
So I’ve been following the IronRuby initiative since it’s inception… and have been tinkering around with the DLR and I must say. It’s advancing quite quickly and looking mighty tastey.
I have two ideas floating in my head.
1) Build infix expressions into the DLR using gppg (YACC + C#) and gplex (lex + C#)
2) Build MUMPS into the DLR…
O’Kane is chuckling in his morning tea about now… MUMPS in a Microsoft DLR runtime? heh
Visual Studio InstallFest
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 09, 07
Straight from Chris Koenig’s blog….
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To celebrate the upcoming RTM of Visual Studio 2008, we’re going to host a few “InstallFest” parties in conjunction with some of our local user groups. These parties will feature food, drink, Xbox and the opportunity for you to install Visual Studio 2008 right after it RTMs. AND, as a special incentive to “get your VS on”, for those of you that bring your computers to the party and install VS08 right there with us, we’ll send you a FREE copy of Visual Studio 2008 Professional in the mail (after the packaging is done, and we actually have something to send you).
Here’s a list of dates/times/locations for the upcoming events:
Dec 3rd - Tulsa, OK @ OSU Tulsa with the TDNUG
Dec 5th - Dallas, TX @ Intuit Headquarters with the NDDNUG
Dec 13th - Houston, TX @ Microsoft Office with HDNUG and NHDNUG
The parties will be a combination User Group end-of-the-year party and a happenin’ InstallFest - add Xbox 360s to the mix, and these parties are destined to become the geek event of the year :-)
Check back here often for more information on these events. I’ll be posting registration links soon as well as additional information about the events.
SO - clear your calendars and get ready for Visual Studio 2008!
DFW .Net Scene
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 09, 07
So Cory is helping me get connected into the .Net scene here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area… for a VB guy he’s pretty well connected! :)
At any rate, I just wanted to let everyone know who might be stumbling onto this blog, that I’m the new guy in town and am going to stage a hostile takeover of the .Net scene in the DFW area.
Old guys and cowboys better start running, I shoot from the hip!
At any rate… as a gesture, I wanted to help Chris Koenig spread the word about the We are Microsoft - Charity Challenge Weekend…
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drop.io
Posted by Jake Good
on Nov 06, 07
It’s here at last… a quick project that a team (including myself) put together in using Ruby on Rails…
Interesting little file sharing site with no registration… with a few clicks you can share all kinds of files!
Btw, it’s the first site that I’ve been a part of that’s hit the front page of digg… DIGG IT!